Mayor Greg Fischer and Lieutenant Governor Crit Luallen joined company officials, and local leaders, today to cut the ribbon on Computershare Inc.’s new facility in downtown Louisville.

“This is a monumental day for Computershare as we are officially establishing our footprint in Louisville,” said Steve Rothbloom, CEO and president of Computershare U.S. “Our new facility will be focused on supporting the company’s existing operations across the country. However, we are eager to grow in this region, and the city of Louisville holds many attractive qualities for the future of our company.”

“Computershare brings a new wealth of financial services expertise to Louisville, demonstrating the strength of our business clusters where we focus our economic development work,” said Fischer. “Computershare already has established itself as a solid corporate citizen, and we welcome them with open arms.”

The company's new facility in Meidinger Tower on South Fourth Street wille create up to 250 new jobs with a $12 million investment.

Computershare said the facility will provide support for the company's exiting operations across the country.

To encourage the investment and job growth in Louisville, the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority preliminarily approved the company for tax incentives up to $2.5 million through the Kentucky Business Investment program.

The performance-based incentive allows a company to keep a portion of its investment over the term of the agreement through corporate income tax credits and wage assessments by meeting job and investment targets.